{"id":65570,"date":"2026-04-22T13:42:47","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T04:42:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=65570"},"modified":"2026-04-22T13:42:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T04:42:49","slug":"pragmata-how-to-get-the-who-needs-guns-achievement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/tips\/pragmata-how-to-get-the-who-needs-guns-achievement\/","title":{"rendered":"Pragmata: How to get the Who Needs\u00a0Guns!?\u00a0achievement\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Though Pragmata<\/strong> lets you choose how to approach combat<\/a> (either by hacking, shooting, or a mix of the two), some challenges and achievements can only be obtained by leaning toward a specific playstyle. The \u201cWho Needs Guns!?\u201d achievement, for instance, requires you to deal 3,000 hacking damage in a single hack.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The achievement can be acquired in different areas and ways, but one of the best places to try for it is in the Shelter\u2019s Training Simulations, specifically Training Simulation 16: Crack & Crash. While the training details indicate that you have to defeat all enemies with weapons in 120 seconds, the lack of any non-primary weapons, abundance of Expose hacking nodes, and a \u201cRetry Training\u201d function in the pause menu make this simulation a great place to get the achievement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Pragmata<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

When\u00a0the simulator starts, quickly grab as many Expose hacking nodes as you can. You\u00a0don\u2019t\u00a0need to worry about using\u00a0a few of\u00a0the nodes\u00a0to defeat\u00a0the lesser Lancer bots (the bipedal enemies with\u00a0saucer-shaped heads), as there are plenty\u00a0scattered around the arena\u00a0to go around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Pragmata<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

After defeating the first Lancer, a tougher Crusher will spawn. Using those Expose nodes you collected, hack the\u00a0Crusher\u00a0while making sure to pass through as many Expose (yellow) nodes and Open (blue) nodes on the hacking interface as possible.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Pragmata<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Expose nodes ensure that your next hack deals critical damage and make it easier to stagger your opponent, with successive Expose node passes increasing the effects. While your first and second hacks might not deal the required 3,000 damage, the cumulative effects of your previous hacks will ensure that repeated hacks will be much stronger. Provided you pass through enough Expose and Open nodes, you should easily rack up over 3,000 damage on your third successful hack. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pragmata is available for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC (Steam<\/a>), with a Nintendo Switch 2 version launching on April 24. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Related:\u00a0Pragmata\u00a0scene where Diana spins a globe is actually a reference to bizarre Japanese comedy act that \u201cdefinitely doesn\u2019t make sense to Western players\u201d<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pragmata: How to look for Holo-Walls and Mini Cabins<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Who Needs Guns!? achievement in Pragmata can be acquired in different areas and ways, but here is one of the best spots to do so.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":65571,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tips"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"\nPragmata: How to get the Who Needs\u00a0Guns!?\u00a0achievement\u00a0 - AUTOMATON WEST<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Who Needs Guns!? achievement in Pragmata can be acquired in different areas and ways, but here is one of the best spots to do so.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/tips\/pragmata-how-to-get-the-who-needs-guns-achievement\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pragmata: How to get the Who Needs\u00a0Guns!?\u00a0achievement\u00a0 - AUTOMATON WEST\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Who Needs Guns!? achievement in Pragmata can be acquired in different areas and ways, but here is one of the best spots to do so.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/tips\/pragmata-how-to-get-the-who-needs-guns-achievement\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"AUTOMATON WEST\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-04-22T04:42:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-22T04:42:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260422-65570-header.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1354\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"760\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Carlos "Zoto" Zotomayor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@AUTOMATON_ENG\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@AUTOMATON_ENG\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Carlos "Zoto" Zotomayor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Pragmata: How to get the Who Needs\u00a0Guns!?\u00a0achievement\u00a0 - AUTOMATON WEST","description":"The Who Needs Guns!? achievement in Pragmata can be acquired in different areas and ways, but here is one of the best spots to do so.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/tips\/pragmata-how-to-get-the-who-needs-guns-achievement\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Pragmata: How to get the Who Needs\u00a0Guns!?\u00a0achievement\u00a0 - AUTOMATON WEST","og_description":"The Who Needs Guns!? achievement in Pragmata can be acquired in different areas and ways, but here is one of the best spots to do so.","og_url":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/tips\/pragmata-how-to-get-the-who-needs-guns-achievement\/","og_site_name":"AUTOMATON WEST","article_published_time":"2026-04-22T04:42:47+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-04-22T04:42:49+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1354,"height":760,"url":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260422-65570-header.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Carlos \"Zoto\" Zotomayor","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@AUTOMATON_ENG","twitter_site":"@AUTOMATON_ENG","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Carlos \"Zoto\" Zotomayor","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/tips\/pragmata-how-to-get-the-who-needs-guns-achievement\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/tips\/pragmata-how-to-get-the-who-needs-guns-achievement\/"},"author":{"name":"Carlos \"Zoto\" Zotomayor","@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/2812ca8facd5f161edfbc531cf81eb31"},"headline":"Pragmata: How to get the Who Needs\u00a0Guns!?\u00a0achievement\u00a0","datePublished":"2026-04-22T04:42:47+00:00","dateModified":"2026-04-22T04:42:49+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/tips\/pragmata-how-to-get-the-who-needs-guns-achievement\/"},"wordCount":409,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/tips\/pragmata-how-to-get-the-who-needs-guns-achievement\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260422-65570-header.jpg","articleSection":["Tips"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/tips\/pragmata-how-to-get-the-who-needs-guns-achievement\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/tips\/pragmata-how-to-get-the-who-needs-guns-achievement\/","url":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/tips\/pragmata-how-to-get-the-who-needs-guns-achievement\/","name":"Pragmata: How to get the Who Needs\u00a0Guns!?\u00a0achievement\u00a0 - AUTOMATON WEST","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/tips\/pragmata-how-to-get-the-who-needs-guns-achievement\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/tips\/pragmata-how-to-get-the-who-needs-guns-achievement\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260422-65570-header.jpg","datePublished":"2026-04-22T04:42:47+00:00","dateModified":"2026-04-22T04:42:49+00:00","description":"The Who Needs Guns!? achievement in Pragmata can be acquired in different areas and ways, but here is one of the best spots to do so.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/tips\/pragmata-how-to-get-the-who-needs-guns-achievement\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/tips\/pragmata-how-to-get-the-who-needs-guns-achievement\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/tips\/pragmata-how-to-get-the-who-needs-guns-achievement\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260422-65570-header.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260422-65570-header.jpg","width":1354,"height":760,"caption":"Pragmata Who Needs Guns!? achievement"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/tips\/pragmata-how-to-get-the-who-needs-guns-achievement\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"\u30db\u30fc\u30e0","item":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Pragmata: How to get the Who Needs\u00a0Guns!?\u00a0achievement\u00a0"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/","name":"AUTOMATON WEST","description":"AUTOMATON is a website that covers the Japanese gaming world. We bring you the news on video games from Osaka and Tokyo.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/#organization","name":"\u682a\u5f0f\u4f1a\u793e\u30a2\u30af\u30c6\u30a3\u30d6\u30b2\u30fc\u30df\u30f3\u30b0\u30e1\u30c7\u30a3\u30a2","url":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/activegamingmedia_logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/activegamingmedia_logo.png","width":374,"height":190,"caption":"\u682a\u5f0f\u4f1a\u793e\u30a2\u30af\u30c6\u30a3\u30d6\u30b2\u30fc\u30df\u30f3\u30b0\u30e1\u30c7\u30a3\u30a2"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/AUTOMATON_ENG","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCabvYnvuUUbbGUrxkaFRgSA"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/2812ca8facd5f161edfbc531cf81eb31","name":"Carlos \"Zoto\" Zotomayor","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/display-pic-100x100.jpg","url":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/display-pic-100x100.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/display-pic-100x100.jpg","caption":"Carlos \"Zoto\" Zotomayor"},"description":"Automaton West writer. Zoto has been playing video games for 30+ years now but has only recently come to grips with PC gaming. When he isn't playing video games, he watches romance anime and gets mad when his best girl never wins.","url":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/author\/carlos-zotomayor\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65570"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65570\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65577,"href":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65570\/revisions\/65577"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}